diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 71d3fac622..5dcb5a05c5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -2855,7 +2855,7 @@ cutting and pasting that code over and over.")
 useful when integrating with legacy code that doesn't support Unicode, or for
 ease of entry of non-Roman names on a US keyboard, or when constructing ASCII
 machine identifiers from human-readable Unicode strings that should still be
-somewhat intelligeble.")
+somewhat intelligible.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
 
 (define-public python2-unidecode